The included documents were course materials for an experimental, graduate-level, interdisciplinary and inter-institutional, problem-based learning (PBL) course addressing "fractious problems" in science and technology offered in fall 2009 and 2010.

Worksheet describes Five Characteristics of Fractious Problems and Six Skills for Addressing the Characteristics of Fractious Problems To Advance Understanding and Potential Resolutions. Includes a grading rubric and grade sheets.

This initial practice problem was part of a course on problem based learning (PBL) using fractious problems. It asks students to consider research that would use the Neanderthal genome to bring a Neanderthal to life. Students were asked to apply six skills in analyzing and devising policy resolutions for the problems and to apply PBL skills in doing so.

This problem was given to students as part of a course on problem based learning (PBL) using fractious problems. It asked them to consider the ethicality of a law permitting or requiring the use of neuroimaging tests as an aid to predicting the likely future dangerousness of students identified as “at-risk”. Students were asked to apply six skills in analyzing and devising policy resolutions for the problems and to apply PBL skills in doing so.